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E. B. STIMPSON.

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N0. 409.338. Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

EDW'IN B. STIMPSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,338, dated August20, 18 89. Application filed October 25, 1888. Serial No. 289,115. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN B. STIMPsON, of Brooklyn,in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Straps, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

My improvement relates to straps employed in suspenders and similararticles.

I will describe a strap embodying my improvement in detail, and thenpoint out the novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face View of a portion of astrap embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, 011 anenlarged scale, taken on the dotted line 00 06, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rearview of the same. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a slightmodification. Fig. 5 is a rear View showing another modification.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates the main or body port-ion of the strap in the example of myimprovement shown. The strap comprises two folds a, the edges of whichmeet at about midway in the width of the strap. Between the folds a is asecond portion a. I prefer to emply a lining-piece 0 arranged betweenthe folds a and the intermediate portion a and inclosed by them. Thefolds a and the intermediate portion a are secured together by twolongi- 'tudinally-eXtending rows of stitching h.

These rows of stitching are arranged close together and at the meetingedges of the folds in such manner that each rowof stitching secures oneof the edges of the folds. These rows of stitches are therefore aboutmidway in the width of the strap. As shown, these rows 1) are composedof zigzag stitches. I have shown similar rows of stitches 1) near theedges of the strap.

O designates a tab, which may be made of leather or similar material.This tab has formed in it a button-hole c. As shown, it has curved edgesnear its lower extremity. It is secured to the main body of the strap byhavingits upper portion passed for a distance between the portions a aof the strap before the same are sewed together. The rows of stitches hsecure the upper end portion of the tab between the portions a a. Theserows of stitches are then extended along the tab O, about midway in thewidth thereof, and substantially in the same relations to each other asbefore, to near the outer end of the tab. By cutting through thematerial of the tab between the rows of stitches Z) thereon asuitably-worked button-hole is formed. It will therefore be seen thatthe rows of stitches which secure the portions a a of the strap alsosecure the tab to the strap and form the stitching about the side edgesof the buttonhole in the tab. The rows of stitches b may be extendedalong the edges of the tab 0, if desired, so as to further secure thetab to the main body of the strap.

In Fig. 4 I have shown that the portions to of the main body of thestrap or the lining a may be continued beyond the end of the strapadjacent to the tab and over the rear face of the tab, to which they maybe secured to form a strengthening-piece e. I have shown them 'assecured by means of the stitches 1) near the edges of the tab, and alsoby the stitches b about the button-hole, which latter would in thisinstance of course be out through such extended portion of the strap orlining. The portion 6 may, however, be secured to the tab by paste orother adhesive material. It not only strengthens the tab, but also thebutton-hole.

Instead of extending the main portion of the strap or the lining overthe tab in the manner described to strengthen it, Imay em ploy aseparate strengtheningpiece c, as shown more clearly in Fig. 5, whichmay be secured to the tab in a manner similar to that already described.

By my improvement I am enabled to construct straps comprising abutton-hole tab Very cheaply and rapidly, and which are at the same timevery durable and strong.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a strap, the combination,with a main or body portion folded onitself, the adjacent edges of which are secured by rows of stitching, ofa button-hole tab, said tab being socured to the main or body portionbytherows of stitching previously referred to, which also form the workof the button-hole, and by rows of stitching along the side edges of themain or body portion, substantially as specified.

2. In a strap, the co1nbinati0n,with a main or body portion folded onitself, the adjacent edges being secured by rows of stitching, of abutton-hole tab, a strengthening-piece upon the rear side of the tab,said tab portion and strengthening-piecebeing secured to the main orbody portion by the rows of stitching previously referred to,Which alsoform the work 10 of the button-hole, and by rows of stitching along theside edges of the main or body portion, substantially as specified.

EDWIN B. STIMPSON. Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, ARTHUR H. GAMBLIN.

